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Boston Construction Halt, Knicks vs Celtics, Bitcoin Surge · Sunny Mornings Boston

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  Good morning, and a warm welcome to your show,
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  Sunny Mornings in Boston. I'm your host, Melissa,
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  and it's Tuesday, December 2nd. You'll be interested
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  to know. 83 years ago, today, in 1942, Enrico
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  Fermi and his team achieved the first controlled
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  chain reaction inside a graphite pile beneath
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  the university. proving that sustained nuclear
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  fission could be harnessed safely for research
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  and energy exploration. The milestone opened
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  a new era of scientific possibility, demonstrating
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  that careful experimental design could unlock
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  enormous power for peaceful applications and
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  future technological advances. So now you know.
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  And now, it's time for the weather report. This
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  morning, it's cloudy and it feels like 33 degrees,
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  with 2 mile per hour wind. The sunset will take
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  place at 411, and it will rise again tomorrow
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  at 655. It looks like we're in for some snow
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  early this morning, transitioning to rain later,
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  with cloudy conditions and a high near 42, accompanied
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  by a light east wind. Tonight. Expect rain before
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  9, mixing with snow later, mostly cloudy, with
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  a low around 29, and a north wind gusting up
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  to 29. For all you beach runners out there, the
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  first high tide Tuesday will be just before 8,
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  with a low tide at 230. The nearshore buoy at
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  Cape Cod Bay reads 49 degrees for the water temperature.
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  Looking ahead in the weather. Wednesday will
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  be mostly sunny with a high near 37 and a west
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  wind of 5 to 9 miles per hour, gusting up to
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  21 with only light rainfall possible. Thursday
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  is partly sunny with a high near 39 and west
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  winds 8 to 13 miles per hour, gusting up to 23,
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  then turning mostly clear and breezy Thursday
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  night with lows around 12. Friday stays mostly
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  sunny near 29 before a chance of mixed precipitation
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  Saturday, with highs rising to near 39. Bonjour,
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  food enthusiasts. This podcast is brought to
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  you by Versailles Cafe and Pastries in Encinitas.
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  Nestled on El Camino Real South, just north of
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  Encinitas Boulevard, this cafe is a haven for
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  culinary delights. Indulge in their amazing eggs
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  Benedict. or their gluten -free crepes. You can
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  grab a panini for lunch or just breeze on through
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  to get your morning coffee. They are open every
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  day from 8 to 5. So stop on by and don't forget
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  to tell them. Sunny mornings send you. A $1 billion
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  construction project over the Massachusetts Turnpike
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  near Fenway Park is currently on hold due to
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  decreased demand for commercial lab space. Company
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  officials at IQHQ, the developer of the Fenway
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  Center, stated that while a deck spanning the
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  highway is near completion, plans for a 22 -story
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  and a 12 -story tower are not proceeding. Tracy
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  Murphy, President of IQHQ mentioned, we have
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  no plans to go vertical at this point, emphasizing
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  the need to evaluate after the podium is finished.
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  Demand for commercial office and lab space has
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  declined in Boston since the COVID -19 pandemic,
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  leaving many buildings, including one on Brookline
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  Avenue, largely vacant. Now onto sports. Lane
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  Kiffin's contract with Louisiana State University
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  includes a unique clause that allows him to receive
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  a bonus payment based on Ole Miss's college football
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  playoff success. Kiffin's agreement, which spans
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  seven years, pays him $13 million annually. He
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  will earn the same college football playoff bonus
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  from Louisiana State University that he would
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  have if he remained with Ole Miss. The bonus
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  begins at $150 ,000 for a first -round game and
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  could reach $1 million if Ole Miss wins the national
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  championship. If fired without cause, he would
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  receive 80 % of his remaining salary. And last
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  night on Monday Night Football, Drake May passed
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  for two touchdowns, with Marcus Jones achieving
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  a 94 -yard punt return for a touchdown. as the
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  New England Patriots became the first NFL team
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  to reach 11 wins this season, defeating the New
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  York Giants 33 -15. This marked the Patriots'
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  10th consecutive win, making it the franchise's
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  longest streak since winning 10 straight games
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  in 2015. Coach Mike Frable also became the third
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  coach since 1970 to achieve a win streak of 10
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  or more games in his first season with a team.
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  in local sports. The New York Knicks, with a
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  record of 13 -6, hope to continue their impressive
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  four -game winning run when they visit the Celtics,
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  who have 11 wins and 9 losses, tonight at TD
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  Garden. This matchup features a tight line of
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  New York favored by 1 .5 points, with a total
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  set at 229 .5 points for the game. Tipoff is
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  at 8 Eastern on NBC, and Peacock. In top news,
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  Aidan Toner Rogers, a 27 -year -old graduate
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  student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
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  rapidly gained attention in economics with his
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  influential paper on artificial intelligence's
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  impact on workplaces. However, concerns arose
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  when a computer scientist questioned the study's
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  authenticity. Despite his promising start, Toner
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  Rogers was later disavowed by MIT and left the
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  institution. Mentors expressed disbelief at the
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  extent of his deception as he seemingly fabricated
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  the entire study. In the wake of the scandal,
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  MIT is discussing ways to improve research integrity
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  among graduate students. Toner Rogers admitted
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  to faking a data use agreement, claiming it was
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  a major error. In business news, Costco Wholesale
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  Corporation joined a growing list of businesses
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  suing the Trump administration to ensure eligibility
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  for refunds if the United States Supreme Court
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  strikes down the president's tariffs policy.
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  This major warehouse club chain filed a lawsuit
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  in the United States Court of International Trade
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  on November 28th, prompted by uncertainty over
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  refund guarantees for businesses paying duties.
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  Costco argues for immediate court intervention,
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  as Customs and Border Protection denied its request
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  to extend tariff determination finalization.
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  The Supreme Court heard arguments on tariffs
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  on November 5th, and justices seemed skeptical
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  during discussions. The ongoing tariff policies
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  have disrupted retail, raising prices, and hampering
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  consumer purchasing power. In crypto movement,
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  Bitcoin is up 1%. to just over $87 ,000. Ethereum
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  is down 1 % to just over $2 ,800. And XRP is
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  down 1 % to $2 .02. Moving on to a more local
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  vibe. In our community spotlight on health and
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  wellness, we are working with a national Pilates
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  studio to bring you some free classes. So listen
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  up. Check out Club Pilates. With several locations
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  in the Boston area, Pilates presents a comprehensive
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  wellness approach, cultivating strength, reducing
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  tension, and elevating mental well -being. Scientific
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  research affirms its benefits. So now you can
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  check out Club Pilates for a free class. With
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  locations in Canton, Wellesley, Hingham, Brookline,
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  and Framingham, just be sure to tell them Sunny
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  Morning sent you by. And now, back to the show.
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  Let's talk science. The scientists may have solved
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  why this ancient, advanced civilization vanished.
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  Climate data offers clues to what might have
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  happened to people of the Indus River Valley
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  and how that might relate to our own warming
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  world. At its peak, this civilization featured
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  gridded streets, multistory brick homes, and
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  flush toilets. They traded gold, precious stones,
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  and items, such as bronze carts along the waterways.
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  A study published in the journal Communications
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  Earth and Environment found that four intense
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  droughts reduced rainfall, which probably caused
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  residents to relocate frequently. The research
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  highlights the importance of proactive planning
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  and resilient agricultural systems in a warming
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  world. Zootopia 2 roared to a record -smashing
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  $272 million opening in China, ranking as the
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  sixth biggest in history. It opened to $116 million
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  across its first two days, reaching $270 million
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  through Sunday, according to Artisan Gateway.
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  The debut is the highest animated opening ever
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  in China for a non -local release. After just
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  five days, Zootopia 2 became the highest -grossing,
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  non -local animated film of all time in the market.
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  China's weekend box office reached $229 million,
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  significantly up from the previous weekend's
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  $44 million. Well, alrighty folks, it's time
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  for the quote of the day. And today, our quote
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  comes from the American physicist and Nobel laureate.
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  Richard Feynman. And he said, And that's a wrap
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  for this morning. You can check out our Instagram,
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  YouTube, and TikTok for some captivating aerial
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  videos with local news and the weather reports.
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  Have an amazing day, my good friends. We'll see
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  you tomorrow with another episode of Sunny Mornings
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  in Boston.